This past weekend the fruit trees enjoyed a little beauty treatment. A light trim to encourage the leaves to bush out and shade the branches from the sun, a nice helping of fertilizer, and a good deep soak was provided for all the espalier fruits. Citrus trees will have to wait until I buy more fertilizer. Most of the trees are not symmetrical and that burns Farmer MacGregor just like he burned the weeds in the lawn. You see, Farmer MacGregor enjoys symmetry. So, not only will the goal for the trees this summer be to bush out a bit more but once the abundant (I hope.) harvest is complete, a bit heavier pruning may be needed to get things in line. Some branches will be encouraged to extend past their current boundaries. That’s the goal for these trees – plum, peach, apple, pear, nectarine, and apricot –for the summer of 2011. These trees weren’t the only items trimmed this weekend.
Yes. Farmer MacGregor received a haircut from yours truly and looks much more symmetrical. He may even experience a burn to his neck similar to the sad state of the lawn.
Note to self: Schedule tree feeding with Farmer MacGregor haircuts.
2 comments:
I've always wanted to try this method of growing, but find the directions on how to do this confusing. They really look nice! You've done a wonderful job with yours.
Wow, nice job pruning! It is a beautiful specimen.
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